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New boobies now 2 mos old
My last update was during treatment for an infected internal stitch abscess around the right aureola, that developed about a month post-op. The good news is that the course of Keflex cleared up the infection, and the two holes have closed up again. There's still some redness, but we know that'll fade eventually.
The message to you, my PS sisters, is, please, do NOT neglect apparently minor adverse events in the hope they'll improve on their own. Don't do what I did: call your PS immediately!!! Had I made the effort to have the little problem treated as soon as I noticed it, it would've been nipped in the bud, and I'm sure would've been invisible and forgotten by now. As it is, it's going to remain very much my very own little "angry inch" for another few weeks.
There's another minor issue with the right aureola, and it has nothing to do with the infection. It's a cosmetic one: the PS didn't take the time to ensure that the top two ends of the vertical incision met flush with each other, and one is about 1/4" higher than the other. I saw this immediately when the dressings were removed, and thought, oho! sloppy sewing!!! I myself sew, so I do know how important it is to match the ends of edges for a good result. If you sew a round aureola to an edge with a right-angle corner on it, of course the result will look uneven: and indeed, it does. This might have been forgivable if this was some emergency room stitch-up, but heavens, it was ***cosmetic*** surgery: by definition, the result is supposed to look good. NOT sloppy. And hello, slicing a tiny wedge off that overlong edge would've taken just a second or two, and I'd have had no cause to complain.
I pointed this out to my PS at the last meeting, and he all but rolled his eyes at me and said, no revisions for at least 6 months. So, yeah, I'll likely demand that revision in the fall.
The left breast is perfect. Thank all the gods for small mercies!
Otherwise, they feel nice and soft, and there's no pain anywhere. I still wear the sports bra 24/7, and will until a full 3 months post op. I don't know if any of the fat transfer remains - I think at least some has dissolved, or maybe it was just the residual swelling, or even a bit of both. I continue to be pleased with their size and position.
:-)
The message to you, my PS sisters, is, please, do NOT neglect apparently minor adverse events in the hope they'll improve on their own. Don't do what I did: call your PS immediately!!! Had I made the effort to have the little problem treated as soon as I noticed it, it would've been nipped in the bud, and I'm sure would've been invisible and forgotten by now. As it is, it's going to remain very much my very own little "angry inch" for another few weeks.
There's another minor issue with the right aureola, and it has nothing to do with the infection. It's a cosmetic one: the PS didn't take the time to ensure that the top two ends of the vertical incision met flush with each other, and one is about 1/4" higher than the other. I saw this immediately when the dressings were removed, and thought, oho! sloppy sewing!!! I myself sew, so I do know how important it is to match the ends of edges for a good result. If you sew a round aureola to an edge with a right-angle corner on it, of course the result will look uneven: and indeed, it does. This might have been forgivable if this was some emergency room stitch-up, but heavens, it was ***cosmetic*** surgery: by definition, the result is supposed to look good. NOT sloppy. And hello, slicing a tiny wedge off that overlong edge would've taken just a second or two, and I'd have had no cause to complain.
I pointed this out to my PS at the last meeting, and he all but rolled his eyes at me and said, no revisions for at least 6 months. So, yeah, I'll likely demand that revision in the fall.
The left breast is perfect. Thank all the gods for small mercies!
Otherwise, they feel nice and soft, and there's no pain anywhere. I still wear the sports bra 24/7, and will until a full 3 months post op. I don't know if any of the fat transfer remains - I think at least some has dissolved, or maybe it was just the residual swelling, or even a bit of both. I continue to be pleased with their size and position.
:-)
Bump in the road
About two weeks ago I noticed the aureola "seam line" of my right breast started getting pink and tender. Then a spot on it opened up, weeping yellow pus. A couple of days later another spot on the seam line opened up, much bigger, and much pussier. You can imagine I had horror visions of my beautiful new uplifted breast disintegrating into something much worse than nothing.
Fortunately, last Monday I had a check up scheduled with my PS. He tsk-tsk'd at me, that I didn't contact his office **IMMEDIATELY** after noticing the problem. Lesson learned: it was a stitch abscess, and should've been dealt with sooner.
He put me on a week of Keflex antibiotic, and I'm relieved to say that finally today, Saturday, the larger of the openings has ceased weeping and is closing at last. The smaller one closed a couple of days ago. Whew! I feel that I dodged that bullet by the skin of my teeth.
Just hope that when the course of Keflex is done (2 more days) the internal stitches won't decide to get angry again. Really, they ought to be dissolving and disappearing by now.
Fortunately, last Monday I had a check up scheduled with my PS. He tsk-tsk'd at me, that I didn't contact his office **IMMEDIATELY** after noticing the problem. Lesson learned: it was a stitch abscess, and should've been dealt with sooner.
He put me on a week of Keflex antibiotic, and I'm relieved to say that finally today, Saturday, the larger of the openings has ceased weeping and is closing at last. The smaller one closed a couple of days ago. Whew! I feel that I dodged that bullet by the skin of my teeth.
Just hope that when the course of Keflex is done (2 more days) the internal stitches won't decide to get angry again. Really, they ought to be dissolving and disappearing by now.
3 and a half weeks post op, all's well, no…
3 and a half weeks post op, all's well, no issues. I found a stitch coming out of one of the suture lines, so I gently pulled on it till it no longer wanted to move, and snipped it off as close to my skin as I dared. A week ago I removed the paper tape I placed over all the suture lines, which were glued during the surgery, and had a nice long bath, during which I peeled the residues of the glue right off. Afterwards, I re-taped with fabric-backed self-adhesive silicone tape.
My PS has said nothing about taping or not, so I decided to tape. It makes sense to give the incisions support that will prevent the scar lines from widening until 3 months post op, when they reach their maximum strength.
What else? The breasts are still tender to the touch, especially where the incisions are healing (surprised?). They've softened and settled a bit more, and are not so incredibly full and high at the top, but still seem larger than what I had pre-op.
Though I've been conscientious about wearing my high-support sports bras 24/7, I did have a couple of very deliberate my-bad moments: a week ago I wore my prettiest lacy underwire bra for a few hours to a party, not that anyone saw it, but because it offers better cup separation than the sports bra, which squashes things in and together. To my surprise, the underwires didn't bother me in the slightest underneath my breasts, but they did cause a little pressure in the middle, between the breasts. An Aha! moment: my breasts really are a bit larger, and they fill the centre of my chest more than they used to. And, last night, for the first time, I gave myself a pass to sleep braless - what a luxury! However, it's back to the sports bra prison tonight.
All my bras fit as well as they used to, or better. I'm still a 34D, and I'm still all me (no implants!).
On bruising: as these babies don't get any massaging, the bruising is dissipating e-x-t-r-e-m-e-l-y slooooooowly. You can still see some on both breasts. Actually, the bruises above my breasts, which I massaged, disappeared quickly. And most of the bruises I got elsewhere that day (lipo), which were enormous, extensive, and frankly horrifying, are also all gone. The difference: I've been soaking my legs in a hot bath daily and massaging them twice daily, to increase circulation and mobilize the blood cells that made up these giant bruises. This really works. My thighs are soft and bruise free again.
My PS has said nothing about taping or not, so I decided to tape. It makes sense to give the incisions support that will prevent the scar lines from widening until 3 months post op, when they reach their maximum strength.
What else? The breasts are still tender to the touch, especially where the incisions are healing (surprised?). They've softened and settled a bit more, and are not so incredibly full and high at the top, but still seem larger than what I had pre-op.
Though I've been conscientious about wearing my high-support sports bras 24/7, I did have a couple of very deliberate my-bad moments: a week ago I wore my prettiest lacy underwire bra for a few hours to a party, not that anyone saw it, but because it offers better cup separation than the sports bra, which squashes things in and together. To my surprise, the underwires didn't bother me in the slightest underneath my breasts, but they did cause a little pressure in the middle, between the breasts. An Aha! moment: my breasts really are a bit larger, and they fill the centre of my chest more than they used to. And, last night, for the first time, I gave myself a pass to sleep braless - what a luxury! However, it's back to the sports bra prison tonight.
All my bras fit as well as they used to, or better. I'm still a 34D, and I'm still all me (no implants!).
On bruising: as these babies don't get any massaging, the bruising is dissipating e-x-t-r-e-m-e-l-y slooooooowly. You can still see some on both breasts. Actually, the bruises above my breasts, which I massaged, disappeared quickly. And most of the bruises I got elsewhere that day (lipo), which were enormous, extensive, and frankly horrifying, are also all gone. The difference: I've been soaking my legs in a hot bath daily and massaging them twice daily, to increase circulation and mobilize the blood cells that made up these giant bruises. This really works. My thighs are soft and bruise free again.
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